IPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus pre-bookings have commenced in India via online and offline channels. There are lots of iPhone 8 pre-booking offers being provided by online retailers to lure shoppers from the likes of Amazon, Flipkart, and Reliance Jio, amongst others. In offline retailstores, various authorised Apple Resellers, Redington stores, big format chains, and Jio Stores will likely be taking the pre-orders for your handset authorised Apple Resellers, Redington stores, large format chains, and Jio Stores will be taking the pre-orders for the handset till September 29, when it goes on sale. Jio has also established an exclusive telecom program for the new iPhone 8 models. Apple also unveiled the flagship iPhone X this season, but it will arrive in India in November, along with other international markets.

The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus pre-booking provides on Amazon India include exchange discount of up to Rs. 20,341; if you exchange an old iPhone model, you will get an extra Rs. 10,000 off, the e-commerce brand states (that the excess discount will be included in the exchange discount). Additionally, there are no cost EMIs, 10 percent additional cashback on purchases made via HDFC Bank credit or debit cards, and also the option to select the Jio 70 percent buyback offer.

The Jio buyback option can also be availed by Reliance Digital, Jio.com, Jio Store, and MyJio app, also provides customers 70 percent of their purchase price if they utilize the iPhone 8 with Jio SIM card, and return it after a year. So someone who bought the iPhone 8 Plus 256GB for its entire price of Rs. 86,000, they will get back Rs. 60,200 upon returning the phone after a year of using it. Jio is additionally offering Rs. 10,000 cashback on Citibank cards, along with a Rs. 799 plan with 90GB data, free SMSs, accessibility to Jio programs, and free calls.

On Flipkart, the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus pre-booking provides include exchange discount up to Rs. 23,000 (an excess Rs. 3,000 off on exchanging an old iPhone, price included in total discount shown on the site), 10 percent off on SBI debit and credit cards, and 5 percent on Axis Bank Buzz credit cards, 10 percent cashback on PhonePe payments, and Rs. You may even go for 1-year buyback guarantee at Rs. 40,000 exchange value on yield, and prolonged 1-year warranty on Rs. 2,695.

iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus offline pre-bookings Coming to offline retail, Redington India has confirmed that both the iPhones could be pre-ordered from some of its 3,000 stores across the country. Anticipate the iPhone 8 along with iPhone 8 Plus to also be available for pre-orders in large format stores like Croma, Maple, Vijay Sales, and much more. Offers in these retail stores will be different, and head to the closest store tomorrow, to know more about them.

The iPhone 8 price in India for the 64GB variant is Rs. 64,000, while the 256GB model prices Rs. 77,000. Similarly, the iPhone 8 Plus price in India has been set as Rs. 73,000 for the bottom 64GB storage variant, while the model with 256GB storage is Rs. 86,000.

The iPhone 8 and also the iPhone 8 Plus offer incremental improvements over the previous year’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus models. They very much retain the same form factor and design, but there are a few noticeable changes including new colour options – Silver, Space Gray, and Gold Finish, improved display, 25 percent louder speakers, as well as glass front and back. Both the new iPhone models also encourage Qi wireless inductive charging, allowing people control the iPhone without having to plug in a cable again.

Apple’s iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are powered by A11 Bionic SoC six-core chips and improved GPU, which is 30 percent more efficient than the GPUs in last season’s models. The new SoC and GPU have the ability to execute complex tasks like video encoding at much faster speed.

IPhone 8 along with iPhone 8 Plus additionally come with improved cameras, Apple said, adding that photos today have better detail, texture even as the iPhone 8 continues to get 12-megapixel camera, and the iPhone 8 Plus a duo of all 12-megapixel camera sensors. One of other new capabilities, both the new iPhone models can shoot 1080p videos in 240 frames per second.